This is the news.
A quick note before I begin. A lot of what I’m about to rant about applies to FOX News, but it is evident across all current media outlets. So I’m on YouTube this morning and I see a link to one of Keith Olbermann’s Worst Person segments and that night, the honor of Worst Person in the World went to Mr. John Gibson. He is the host of one of FOX News’ programs and also has a show on FOX News Radio. So what garnered him that top spot? The fact that he said that America needs another 9/11 in order to form unity. Now mind you, he didn’t think that up all on his own, he was simply concurring with a columnist that said it. He then went on to play a clip of John Stewart interviewed days after the attack. This is what Stewart said:
“The view from my apartment was the World Trade Center. And now it’s gone. And they attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity and strength and labor and imagination and commerce, and it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can’t beat that.”
Yes. Gibson mocked it. And while the clip was playing to boot. I go on to google Gibson and right there I see that his Wikipedia link does not say journalist, it does not say news anchor, it doesn’t even say reporter. What his label is, according to Wikipedia, is media host. That is what we have now. We have a bunch of tv personalities or what the Wiki refers to them as “media hosts,” talking a bunch of BS and taking themselves way too seriously. Again, it isn’t just FOX News, it’s everyone. CNN, MSNBC, and even the the network news outlets. A prime example of my point is CBS’ decision to place Katie Couric on the top spot at CBS News. Those types of decisions are fueled by a quest for ratings. The quest for ratings are fueled by the American public who God forbid, have to sit through an informative, un-biased, and completely detailed news broadcast. What we are left with are these news commentators, these pundits who don’t report the news, who comment on what others (others who are never seen, just heard) have reported. That’s what we are left with. And while those who made up what broadcast journalism once was are dying off, we are left in the company of people like Bill O’Reilly, Keith Olbermann, and John GIbson, who are fun to watch and leave us feeling like they know exactly how we feel, but they aren’t really reporting anything, just commenting on it.
That is the news.
Guess what I heard?
I’ve just learned that an Arrested Development movie could be out as early as next year! We all miss what was probably the smartest, funniest, most ridiculous show on TV. For some reason, it landed on FOX’s lap and they sure as hell didn’t know what to do with it. Watch the provided clip where David Cross, who played the very gay flamboyant Tobias on the show, explains exactly why they cancelled my favorite show.
Enjoy.
LOST in a nutshell
A brilliant video from vidtronic on YouTube! It captures the essence of my favorite show on television right now.
Enjoy.
LOST
What the hell, man?! Locke, and Jin, and the island?! And Penny was there! How did he…I thought he….AAAHHHH! There’s a new website?! The wheel??? How is that pos…argh!
Oprah does Tom: Part Deux.
Catch the newest episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, where today she catches up with her longtime pal, Mr. Tom Cruise in the first of a two-part show. We all remember back in 2005 when Tom expressed what seemed very repressed joy all over Oprah’s set…and couch. Don’t expect that in today’s interview because according to her audience members, Cruise was very calm and collected compared to his previous appearence on the show. In the interview, Oprah and Tom talk about everything from Katie’s family, to his now infamous interview with Matt Laurer on the Today Show where they got into a fisticus over behavioral meds and psychiatry. Check your local listings or TiVo it.
Gonna get my LOST on.
Probably my favorite show on television right now, LOST continues its fourth season with the episode titled, Something Nice Back Home, with flash-forwards focusing on the show’s main character and de-facto leader, Jack. I have a few friends who, honest-to-God, have tried watching the show. Speaking from those specific experiences, don’t watch the show. If it does tickle your fancy then I suggest to catch up with the show via the first three seasons on DVD.
Hey, Paula!
If you watch American Idol, you might understand why Paula messed up last night, but for those who don’t watch, enjoy another fuck up courtesy of Miss Paula Abdul!
Luke and Noah.
The American Family Association (AFA) is taking action against P&G, who produces the the CBS daytime soap, As the World Turns. The show currently features a storyline that centers around a gay couple. Well, what set the AFA off was what they refered to as “open-mouthed, homosexual kissing,” and acts that promote the “homosexual agenda.” They are rounding up supporters of middle-class America to spread the word that gay people kissing is wrong and should not be seen by anyone. A pointless fight, I say because what they’re doing isn’t wrong. What the AFA should be bitching about is sex and violence on TV and movies like every other right-wing group. Leave the gays alone. Watch the scandalous clip above. WARNING: The AFA claims that it’s “repulsive.”
